The case could result in the death penalty, but a death sentence would need to be unanimously chosen by jurors.
LOWER MANHATTAN, Manhattan --During closing arguments, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Richman said Sayfullo Saipov was smiling when he asked to hang the flag of the Islamic State group in his Manhattan hospital room after the Oct. 31, 2017 attack he carried out with a speeding rental truck.
Richman urged jurors to convict Saipov of all charges in a case that could result in the death penalty. If the jury returns a guilty verdict on all charges, a penalty phase of the trial will begin a week later. Unless jurors unanimously choose death, the sentence would be life in prison. Individuals who were injured or lost loved ones at the hands of the Uzbek man were among those who testified during the trial.
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